7:00 AM | *Colder air moves in this weekend...even colder next week...snow threats as well with first chance coming on Saturday*

6-Day Philadelphia Forecast

Today

Mainly sunny, cold, highs near 45 degrees

Tonight

Partly cloudy, cold, lows in the middle 20’s

Friday

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, upper 30’s for afternoon hours

Friday Night

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow towards daybreak, lows in the mid-to-upper 20’s by morning

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s, chance of snow during the day, chance for snow showers at night

Sunday

Becoming partly sunny, windy, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, cold, upper 30’s

Tuesday

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow or snow showers, upper 30’s

Discussion

Now that the (sustained) colder pattern has set up in the Mid-Atlantic region, it is time to focus on the threat for snow and indeed there are multiple chances over the next several days. The first legitimate chance for snow in the immediate I-95 corridor will come late Friday night and Saturday as low pressure pushes from the Southeast US to a position off the Mid-Atlantic coastline. A second shot will come Saturday night/early Sunday as deep upper-level low passes by just to our north. Finally, as a significant cold air outbreak arrives late Tuesday into early Wednesday, low pressure may try to form over the Northeast US and it could generate some snow for parts of the Mid-Atlantic. Following the passage of that low pressure system and its associated strong cold front, very cold air will flood into the region at mid-week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com